It usually means that the word is an adjective related to the noun from which it is formed.
Glory - glorious means having glory.
Nausea - nauseous means having the quality to cause nausea.
Odor - odorous means having odor.
Superfluous
what word ending in ous means uninterrupted
Continuous.
There is no such word in Latin; -ous is not a Latin word ending.
Enormous
Wondrous.
adjective (like everything ending in -OUS)
The word unconscious, like other words ending in -ous, is an adjective.
One example of an adjective ending with -ous is "dangerous," which means full of danger or risk.
famousjoyousmucouscallous
Well, there's envious, envying, and i dont think evvyer is a word...
Glorious, Marvelous
The word pious has two syllables: pi ous